discussion This laptop worth it?

[clshades]

I just need something's cheapish for work. Light word and Excell stuff. Googling parts etc

Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 15AMN8 w/ Ryzen™ 5 7520U, 8GB, 512GSSD, 15.6in Full HD, AMD Radeon, Wi-Fi 6, BT, Windows 11 Home - Laptops / Notebooks - Memory Express Inc.

www.memoryexpress.com

 

[anabioz]

No.

If you can find this for this price $500

HP EliteBook G8 14

HP EliteBook 845 G8 Business Laptop 14" AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 5650U 16GB 256GB SSD Windows 10 Pro, 490X0UC#ABA

www.canadacomputers.com

This is my day to day system, I upgraded RAM to 64GB and 2TB nvme.

 

[sswilson]

I just need something's cheapish for work. Light word and Excell stuff. Googling parts etc

Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 15AMN8 w/ Ryzen™ 5 7520U, 8GB, 512GSSD, 15.6in Full HD, AMD Radeon, Wi-Fi 6, BT, Windows 11 Home - Laptops / Notebooks - Memory Express Inc.

www.memoryexpress.com

The biggest issue with the one you posted is the soldered 8GB memory.

 

[djbrad]

I just need something's cheapish for work. Light word and Excell stuff. Googling parts etc

Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 15AMN8 w/ Ryzen™ 5 7520U, 8GB, 512GSSD, 15.6in Full HD, AMD Radeon, Wi-Fi 6, BT, Windows 11 Home - Laptops / Notebooks - Memory Express Inc.

www.memoryexpress.com

And is a Zen 2 cpu (we are at Zen 5, damn AMD and the renaming of their cpus).

 

[anabioz]

And is a Zen 2 cpu (we are at Zen 5, damn AMD and the renaming of their cpus).

100%, that's the biggest misleading factor here. If it ends with 20 -> zen2, 30-> zen3

 

[Marzipan]

Zen3+ = 35, which has the decent M6xx iGPU.

 

[clshades]

Shit... ok. I hate their laptop naming. Way to many to pick from.

 

[clshades]

Maybe a Chromebook would be good enough. I'm literally just filling out forms and running webpages. Nothing fancy.

Verify Your Identity

 

[Izerous]

Maybe a Chromebook would be good enough. I'm literally just filling out forms and running webpages. Nothing fancy.

Verify Your Identity

Is it simplistic to the point where a tablet and a bluetooth keyboard might even be enough?

Edit/Example:

TCL 10.4

#html-body [data-pb-style=LTK0972]{justify-content:flex-start;display:flex;flex-direction:column;background-position:left top;background-size:cover;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-attachment:scroll}#html-body [data-pb-style=G2GWQCG]{text-align:center}#html-body...

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combined with say

Targus Multi-Device Bluetooth Antimicrobial Keyboard with Tablet / Phone Stand

Multi-Device Bluetooth® Antimicrobial Keyboard with Tablet/Phone Stand A keyboard made for multi-tasking. Using reliable and battery-saving Bluetooth® 5.1 wireless technology, create a clutter- and cable-free, multi-device connection with the outstanding design of this keyboard. Its weighted...

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[djbrad]

In this case, size might be important , for reading all the stuff.

In my experience, at least 14", but only clshades knows.